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Personalised champagne gifts show that you have really thought about the gift or present you are giving and as champagne is such a luxury gift, it shows you are no cheap skate either. Our champagnes are competitively priced and we offer rose champagne bottles, standard champagne as well as sparkling wines including Cava, Prosecco and Rose Cava.
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Why isn’t all sparkling wine called Champagne?
When I was 18 and was legally able to drink in the UK, I didn’t understand why my best friend bought me a 75cl bottle of Dom Pérignon Champagne. I asked her why she would spend over £75 on a 75cl bottle of alcohol that would make us quite tipsy, when we could just as easily consumed 8 bottles of vodka for an equivalent amount. I was directly told that Champagne is a celebratory drink (and an 18th birthday is a celebratory occasion) and also that Dom Pérignon is a vintage (which basically means the grapes are harvested from the best years and only grapes from the same harvest are used in each bottle) champagne made from the Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grape varieties. I was also advised that the majority of champagnes are made from grapes harvested in numerous years, so this champagne really was something special. I thought I can’t really argue with that and proceeded to polish off the rest of the “fresh almond and grapefruit gradually lead into cashew nut and spices complemented by lightly toasted brioche” bubbly. It was indeed special.
I savoured the taste for months, as being a student I didn’t really have the funds to spend on such Champagne until at least my 60th Birthday, so I went in search for a bottle of bubbly that was closer to my budget. I looked on the shelves of our local wholesaler and found bottles of Cava and Prosecco that were reasonably priced, but I looked all over and neither of them said “champagne”, puzzled I went and asked the assistant (who surprisingly) was as clueless as I was.
This is where my research came in:
Apparently, champagne, according to French law can only be called so, if the sparkling wine is made from grapes grown on officially selected plots of land in the French region of Champagne, situated in the North East of France.
I'm now 22 and I haven’t yet tasted a bottle of sparkling wine, sorry, Champagne as good as Dom Pérignon despite my consistant efforts, so bring on my 60th Birthday or any recommendations!
How to open a bottle of champagne – tips to avoid damaging windows
Many people believe that Champagne, a sparkling wine made in the champagne region of France is intended to be opened just at special events and important occasions. However, we’d love you to know that the bubbly refresher complements any meal from a light breakfast to a midnight snack, plus it can be a real delight to sip chilled champagne from a champagne glass by itself especially when spending time with friends. A good bottle of champagne can make any special occasion memorable.
There's no special skills needed to get your bottle of champagne or sparkling wine open without injuring either yourself or your guests. The only secrets are chilling the champagne before opening it and turning the bottle instead of pulling the cork when attempting to open the bottle. If you have never opened a bottle of bubbly before and you're afraid you might knock out the windows or even worse, your eyes, don’t worry. Here is a simple lesson with a few great tips on how to do it safely:
1. Chill the bottle of champagne
Ensure the champagne bottle has been suitably chilled, it should ideally be 7 degrees Celsius, or really cold when you touch the bottle. Champagne that’s too warm will be very foamy when you open the bottle, similarly having it too cold will lose some of the delicious yeasty flavours associated with champagne.
2. Remove the wire cage
Whilst holding the bottle with one hand, untwist the wire on the wire cage with the other hand and separate the metal strands that hold the cork in place. You can either completely remove the wire cage at this point, but the bottle may have been shaken or there may be pressure build up which will get the cork jumping before you’re ready, so sometimes it is best to leave it on.
3. Opening the bottle
Tipping the bottle at a 45 degree angle, hold the cork with your left hand and gently turn the bottle with your right hand until you hear a little ‘pop’ (which incidentally is the carbon dioxide escaping from the bottle). Now you should be able to gradually ease the cork out.
4. Pouring the champagne
So you’ve gone to the trouble of opening the champagne with some style, you might as well pour it into a champagne glass with a little style too!! Pour a little at a time, so you don’t get a lot of foam overflowing over the sides of the champagne glass.
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Champagne Bottle Sizes Explained
The design and shape of champagne bottles with the thick glass and solid neck, lightly sloping shoulders and deep punt or indentation on the underside of the bottle is necessary to hold pressure inside the champagne bottle, which is 80-90psi, or more simply put the equivalent of three times the pressure found inside your average car tyre.
Below is a list of the names of the champagne bottles, the capacity of each champagne bottle plus the 75cl equivalent:
The majority of the champagne bottles are named after kings or prominent figure heads of the past.
Jeroboam: Jeroboam II was the King of Israel and reigned between 786BC – 746 BC during the period of Rome's founding between 758 BC and 728 BC.
Rehoboam: Rehoboam ruled Judah between c.922 BC - 915 BC, his name means ‘he who enlarges the people’.
Methuselah: Methuselah can be translated from Hebrew as ‘when he dies/died, it shall be sent/has been sent’. He is the oldest person whose age is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, given as 969 years. The name Methuselah is used in society today as a general symbol for any living being of great age.
Salmanazar: Salamanzar was the king of Assyria who conquered countries, destroyed fortresses and built palaces. Salamanzar reigned between 1274 BC – 1245 BC.
Balthazar: Balthazar ("King of Treasures") comes from early Christian folklore and is the traditional name of one of the Three Wise Men, the other two being Melchior ("King of Light") and Gaspar ("The White One").
Nebuchadnezzar: Nebuchadnezzar is the name of many Babylonian Kings.
Soloman: Soloman was a king of Isreal between 971 - 931 BCE. He is the son of David.
How do these champagne bottles get the champagne into them? Well, the process for making champagne involves two fermentation stages. After the primary fermentation and bottling, a second fermentation will take place in the bottle, this is the case for quarter, half and standard bottles of champagne. Typically for larger bottles than this the second fermentation takes place in a magnum sized bottle and then the contents are transferred into one of the larger champagne bottles.